Electric phonograph



Sept 26, 1950 G. D. OLSSON 2,523,629

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ELECTRIC PHONOGRAPH Filed March 14, 1944 7 Sheets-Sheet 6 '7 Sheets-Sheet 7 G. D. OLSSON ELECTRIC PHONOGRAPH I Sept. 26, 1950 Filed March 14, 1944 pended .claims.

:both as to'its organization and its method of op- Patented Sept. 26,1950

' Gunnar Daniel Olsson, Stockholm, Sweden Application March l l 1944, Serial No. 526,399

In Sweden March 19, 1943 9 Claims.

.The' present invention relates to phonographs for playing a plurality of records in sequence in which a .pile of recordsto be played is carried above the turntable. of" the phonograph and which comprises means to automatically lift the tone arm from;the record after playing a record, means to ,swingiit'outwards; to deposit a further record ofthexpile. onto the .turntable and to restore the. tone arm in position for playing the new record.

The main objectof the invention is to provide an automatic phonograph in which the various operations needed to "efiect; the.v automatic shifting of the records arecaused by electric means to agreat'extent andinwhichxthe mechanism used in'connection therewith is of a simple and compact construction.

A further object ofthe invention is to provide a phonograph, by which records of various size may be played automatically, 1. e.,in which the Fig. 13 is a sectional view on line XIII-Q1111 in Fig. 10,

Fig. 14 is a diagrammatical illustration of the principle of the operation of the phonograph.

With reference to the drawings I denotes a base plateon which .an electric motor 2 is secured. Journalled in the casing of the motor 2 is a hollow shaft 3 extending upwardly through a bore in the base plate I, above which a turntable 4 is removably mounted on the shaft 3.

The shaft 3 is operated from the motor 2 by a worm- 5 and a worm wheel 6 the latter of which is secured to the shaft 3. Extending throughthe hollow shaft 3 is a cylindrical stem I the lower end of which 'is secured in the casing of the motor, the topend thereof having two similar recesses 8 and 9 (see Fig. 3)' situated equidistantly at the same side of the centre of the stem.

pile of records supported above the turntable may contain records-ofdifferent diameters'mixed with each other.

The novel features characteristic'of'the invention are more'particularly set forth in the ap- The invention itself, however,

eration, together'with additional objects and advantages 'thereof, will. best be understood from the following description 'of a specific embodiment, when read in connection with the acc0m-' panying drawings, "in which:

.. Fig. 1 is .plan'view of the phonograph,

" Fig. 2. is a side elevation with "certain parts .shown' insection,

Fig. Skis a side..elevation.partlyin section on line. IIIIII in Fig... 1,

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line IV-l-IV in Fig. 3,

"Fig. 5 is a section. on line VV in Fig. 8. illus- .trating on. an enlarg'edscale a. mechanism con trolling the movements of the tone-arm.

Fig. 6 is a section on line "VIVI in Fig. 5, Fig. 7 is a part sectional view online VII-VII .in Fig. 1,

Fig. Sis asectional View on line'VIII-NIII in "Fig. 7. as viewedfrom the top thereof,

"Fig; l as viewed fromLthe bottom thereof,

' Fig. .12 is a sectionalview on'1inelXII:XII in P ll. 10,

Provided laterally of the pile of records ris a stand consisting of posts II] rising from the -base plate I and'of aplate ll secured to said posts (Figs. '7, 8," 9). -At the top of the stand IIl-'I Ilthere is mounted a housing 1 I 2 upon which is mounted a square piece I3. Pivoted tothis pieceis an arm I4, I5 extending above the centre of the turntable. Said arm consists of a lower formed with U-section.

plate I4 of relatively thick sheet metal and tapering towards the free end thereof, said plate forming the carrying portion of the arm, and of a top piece I5 made of thinner sheet metaljand The rear portionof the plate I4 is formed to a fork the legs I6 of which surround the piece I3 mounted on the cover of the housing I2 and are journalled on' a shaft '1 I mounted in piece I3 and guided in bores in' the ends of the legs. The top pieceIE 'is supported by three'short' posts I8, I9 and 20 mounted in the plate I4 and having shouldered screws ZI- mounted therein. "The screws 2| are adapted to guide in-slots formed in the longitudinal direction in the top piece I5. The metal is' partly removed at the top ofthe post 20 at one side of its centre perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the arms I 8, I5. The post '20 has a wide bore 22 formed in the longitudinal direction of" the arm.

' Secured in the free end of the top pieceI5 is anelement' 23 to'which two shouldered screws 24 each guided in a groove, in the plate I4 are attached. In themiddle between these screws the piece 23 has a bore 25 in which a cylindrical pin 26 is secured. Said pin extends downwardly through a slot 2l formed in the plate I4 longitudinally thereof and guiding said pin. Ahole 3 28 is provided in the pin. A shaft 29 is rotatably mounted in said hole and has the bottom end thereof formed as a conical point 36. The hole 28 has an eccentric position in the pin 26 and is situated so that when the top piece [5 takes a position in which the conical point 36 of the shaft 29 engages the recess 9, the pin 26 stands coaxially with the stem 1.

At its top end the shaft 29 has attached thereto an arm 3| which forms an angle of about 30 degrees with the perpendicular of the longitudinal axis of the arm |4, |5 through the centre of the shaft 29. Mounted at the bottom of the shaft 29 between the stem 1 and the pin 26 is an eccentric 32, the diameter of which is equal to that of pin 26 and stem 1, the thickness being somewhat smaller than that of one record. Said eccentric is adapted to cooperate with the aperture in the temporarily lowermost record of the pile of the records. When the conical point 39 of the shaft 29 is situated in the recess 8 the pin 26 together with the stem 1 forms a supporting member for the pile of records to be played, the pile resting upon the plane surface 33 of the stem 1 to the right of the pin 26 (Fig. 3). Mounted in the outer end of the arm 3| is a stud 34 and pivoted thereto is a rod 35 displaceably arranged in the bore 22 of the post 26. The rod 35 is provided with a flange 36 at some distance in advance of the post 26. A helical spring 31 is mounted on the rod 35 between said flange and the post 26.

A threaded hole 38 is provided in the right end of the rod 35 (Fig. 3). Mounted in this hole is a shouldered screw 39 by which th rod 35 is pivoted to one end of a lever 4| the other end of which is journalled on a pin 46 attached to the cover of the housing l2. At some distance from the pivot 40 of the lever 4| a roller 43 is rotatably mounted on a pin 42.

A shaft 45 extends through an aperture 44 in the plate I4 and is rotatably and displaceably mounted in the housing l2 and in the plate II. On the portion of said shaft 45 situated above the plate M a bush 46 is mounted and has the top thereof formed with a cam 41. Said cam 41 is adapted to engage the roller 43 in such a manner that when at the rotation of the shaft 45 the latter is engaged by the cam 41 the lever 4| is imparted a pushing-away motion during which the spring 31 is strained and the rod 35 is carried to its right end position in Fig. 3.

The mechanism for depositing the records operates as follows:

On rotation of the shaft 45 in a clockwise direction in Fig. 4 the cam 41 imparts a pushingaway motion to the lever 4| when it engages the roller 43 and simultaneously the rod 35 compressing the spring 3'! is moved to its right end position. The arm 3| is rotated an angle of approximately 60 degrees in an anti-clockwise direction in Fig. 4, and the eccentric 32, bringing along the lowermost record of the pile, is moved to a position in which the eccentric and the aperture of the record lie coaxially with the stem 1 which occurs when the apex of the cam 41 engages the roller 43, whereupon the record to be deposited falls down onto the turntable. When the apex of the cam 41 has passed the roller 43 the latter slides along the rear side of the cam, spring 31 being permitted to expand, pushing rod 35 to the left in Fig. 4 and the arm 3|, shaft 29 and eccentric 32 being rotated in a clockwise direction in Fig. 4 until the latter stands coaxially with the pin 26 so that the entire pile of tatably mounted in the stand plate records slides downwardly along pin 26 to engage the plane surface 33 of the stem 1 situated to the right of pin 26 in Fig. 3, and the initial position has been reached again.

The little surface or shoulder 33 is not alone able to keep a record or pile of records in the horizontal position. For this purpose two arms 48 and 49 engaging the top of the pile of records and preferably being actuated by a spring are provided. Said arms engage a record or the pile of records at the portion thereof situated adjacent to the shoulder 33 and counterbalance the tendency of a record or pile of records to tilt at the opposite side. The arms 48, 49 which are preferably bent angularly adjacent to their pivots respectively, take a substantially horizontal position at the maximum height of the pile of records. The arm 48 extending inwardly above the centre of the pile of records is preferably formed as a fork surrounding the pin 26 at the end engaging the pile of records with a view to obtaining an engagement on a line through the centre of the pile of records. The arm 49 extending towards the periphery of the pile of records is preferably formed as trapezoid having its longest side engaging th pile of records at two points. A suitable covering for example in the form of sleeves of india rubber or the like is mounted at the points of engagement with a view to preventing the. entire pile of records from being rotated at the movement of the lowermost record. The arms 48, 49 are pivoted to two parallel members 56, 59 attached to the plate l4. On the portion of the arm 49 situated between the members 56, 59 there is attached a piece 5| formed substantially as a right triangle having the point of attachment situated at the apex which is embraced by the legs of the right angle. At the apex of the smallest angle there is a pin 52 adapted to engage a slot 54 of a forked piece 53 attached to the arm 48. In the third apex of the piece 5| there is mounted one end of a cylindrical spring 55 the other end of which is secured in the post Ill. The force acting through the spring 55 on the arm 49 is transmitted to the arm 48 by the pin 52 sliding in the slot 54. The connection mechanism between the arms 48, 49 as described enables each movement performed by one arm to be positively performed also by the other.

The other portion of the pin 52 mounted in the piece 5| is provided with an insulating covering in the form of an ebonite tube 56 or the like and adapted to cooperate with one of two contact springs 51 and 58 having point contacts and being secured to a piece 59 of insulating material such as ebonite which is attached to the plate I4 by a screw 60. The springs 51 and 58 are adapted to be disengaged until the last record in the pile has been deposited when by actuation of the spring 55 pin 56 elevates the spring 51 to engage the spring 58 for the purpose more particularly described hereinafter.

An angular member 6| (Fig. 7) is attached to the base plate I. A lifter 63 is journalled in said angular member and in a sleeve 62 (Fig. 5) rosaid lifter being displaceable axially and formed as a cylindrical rod. At the bottom the lifter 63 is provided with a horizontal pin 64 carried therethrough and having one end bent to form a bell crank the outermost portion being formed as an edged abutment 65. The other end of the pin 64 is adapted to be guided in a slot 66 formed in the angular member 6|. At some distance amazes from. the. end of the pin. 54 engaging:- the slot" 88 thereis rotatably mounted a roller. 61.

Substantially at. the. middle the sleeve 92 is formed to a bracket 68 for the tone armIIl carrying the pick-up of the phonograph and" being rotatable vertically on a shouldered'boltl'l which ismounted horizontally in "the. bracket GB and is formed as a pivot. A horizontal recess 121s.

formed in the bracket 68. The material forming the bottom of. said. recess is. formed as a projection 13 (Fig. 11) extending. to the. right in Fig; 5 from. the tone arm and being provided with a groove 14 intended as aguide groove for a pin I5 imparting the rotary motion to the tone arm and describing a circular path. The groove I4 forms such anangle with the centre line of the tone arm in the. horizontal plane. that the pin I5 during its circular movement carries the arm from a position in whichthe stylus is situated at some distance inside the. innermost portion of the sound groove of the. record to a position in which thetone arm is situated entirely outsidea record of large size. In the right end of the tone arm III in Fig. 11 there is a recess I6 through which part of. the sleeve- 62 extends. The sleeve 62 has two vertical diametrically opposite recesses I1, 11 (Fig. 11) which allow the movement of a pin I8. mounted. horizontally in the lifter 63 in vertical direction and the rotation of the bracket 68 of the tone arm between the above mentioned end. positions. The pfortions of the pin I8 protruding. tothe same extent on each side of the sleeve. 82 engage the top of the tone arm Iv and actuate the same. in such a manner that whenlthe lifter is moved. axially downwards. the pick-up. 69. will. be elevated.

A sleeve I9. is rotatably mounted at the bottom of the lifter 63. in Fig. 5. Atv the bottom thereof said sleeve is provided with a. flange, 80

which has a recess-8L. The flange-89' having the recess 8I is adaptedto be engaged by the. roller 61. A piece 82 is mounted: atthe inner side of the flange 80opp0siteto. the recess BI. As seen in the plan view said piece 82 has substantially the form of an isosceles trianglev having the base downwards. The surfaces corresponding to the equal sides 83, 83v of. the triangle are adapted to cooperatewith the abutment 95. The flange. 80, the recess M, and. the edge surfaces 83,. 83 of the piece 82 are adapted as guide means at the axial displacement. of the lifter 93. in such a manner that when the lifter 63 is. in its lower position the. roller 61 of the pin 64 engages the flange 80 until the curve 83', 89 meets the abut.-

ment 65 when the roller 61. is just sliding into the recess 8|, the lifter 63. being elevated to its uppermost position. This position must be reached to. obtain disengagement of the lift coupling.

An operating sleeve 85 is rotatabl'y. mounted outside the sleeve I9: in a bushing 84 secured to thebase plate I'. At the bottom thereof the. operating sleeve 85 is formed as a worm wheel 86 and at the top with the two circular flanges 81 and 88 surrounding the bushing 84- and. adapted to operate as guides in vertical direction." The operating sleeve 85 is moved from. ashaft. 8.9 journalled' in the motor. casing and. in the angular member BI, by means of a worm 90 situated on a shaft 89 and engaging. the. wormwheel 86. Said shaftis in turn operated by the shaft 3- of' the turntable by means of worm wheels 9|, 9|. The top flange 88 ofthe operating sleeve has attached thereto two pins 93 having heads 92 (Fig. The shafts of said pins are guided 6.. in holes formed at right angles to an armature 94 situated immediately above the flange 88. These holes are countersunk as at 98' to such a depth that the armature 94' can moveto a smallextent upward in vertical direction. The plane topsurface of the armature has a number of radial grooves 91. The grooves 91 are-intended to cooperate-with teeth 98, 98 and 99, 99 mounted on two couplings situated above the armature 94 and one having the object of moving the tone arm vertically (lift coupling), and the other having the object of moving the tone arm horizontally (turn coupling).

The two legs of an U-shaped electro-magnet, the coupling magnet I09 (Fig. 8), are extended at some distance above the armature 94. The coupling'magnet IIJIJ' has for its object to attract the armature when the circuit of thecoil IDI mounted thereon is. closed, whereby the grooves 91 of the armature. may be engaged with the teeth 98 of the lift coupling and the teeth 99 of the turn. coupling respectively. Which of thesecouplings will'be engaged withthe armature 94 in each case will. be described more in detail in the following description of the operation of the phonograph.

The lift coupling is formed as a sleeve I82 surrounding the sleeve l9 and mounted displacedly in a vertical direction thereon. The upper portion of the sleeve I02. forms a circular flange I03 which carries the two diametrically opposite teeth 98, 98. The sleeve I92 of the lift coupling is provided. with a pin I94 which is adapted to be guided in a vertical groove I95 formed in the sleeve I9 which is forced to follow the rotation of the. sleeve I92, the latter being permitted to move simultaneously to an extent in vertical direction required to engage or disengage the teeth 98. respectively with the grooves 91 of the armature 94. A spring I9! surrounding the sleeve I02 and mounted between the flange I93 and a shoulder I98 of the sleeve 19 has a tendency of pressing the lift coupling I92, I03, 99 in upward direction.

The turn coupling consists of a sleeve I98 rotatably mounted on the lifter 93 and, at the bottom thereof, being formed as a drum I09 which surrounds the flange I95 of the lift coupling concentrically. At right angles to the axis of the sleeve I88 said sleeve has a threaded bore III] in which a bolt III is attached, said bolt being adapted to guide in. a horizontalrecess II2 arranged about the. surface of the lifter. The sleeve I08 of. the turn coupling thus is free to rotate on the lifter 63 but. is forced to take part in the movement thereof. in vertical direction. Two verticalbores I I3 are formed in the wall of the drum IE9 at. diametrically opposite positions. A pin I I4 is displaceably mounted in each of said holes. The lower ends of said pins are formed as the teeth 99, 99 adapted to engage the groove 91 of vthe armature. The pins H4, H4 are exposed to the actuation by a spring I I5mounted at the top of the plane portion of the drum. and having the tendency of pressing the pins H4, I I4 downwards with a view to obtain a resilient engagement of the teeth99, 99 withthe grooves 91 of the armature 94 when thelatter isv attracted by the coupling magnet I90, IDI.

A sleeve H6. surrounds the sleeve I98 of the turn coupling displa'ceably. The sleeve H6 has twoflanges, anupper one I I1 and alower one I I8. Attached to the lower flange I- I 8. are four diametrically disposed pins l.|9..which are displaceable in bores I28 situated in the plane portion of'the drum I09. Thus the sleeve I I6 is compelled to follow the turn coupling I06, I09, H5, 99 in its rotation. At a certain place the upper flange I I1 is provided with a curve I2I adapted as a guide for partial disengagement of the lift coupling for a purpose stated more particularly hereinbelow.

The stand post I situated close to the turntable has attached thereto a supporting arm I22 extending radially towards the centre of the turn coupling and having the end thereof formed as an abutment I23 adapted-to engage the curve I2l formed on the flange II1. In playing automatically the abutment I23 meets the curve I2I when the tone arm is turned outward and, as a result, the sleeve II6 will be elevated. The sleeve I02 engaging the pins H9 by its flange I03 will follow the sleeve II6 due to the influence by the spring I01 whereby the teeth 38, 98 are disengaged from the grooves 91 of the armature 34 so that the rotation, of the flange 60 ceases, said state being illustrated in Fig. 5. The curve I2I engages the abutment I23 at such an early moment during the outward turn of the tone arm 10 that the abutment I23 has time to pass before the tone arm has reached the extreme position. This break of the rotation of the flange 80 occurs with a view to prevent the tone arm from descending too early in case of a record of small size.

Journalled at some distance above the sleeve II6 on the sleeves I08 and 62 and in the bracket 68 of the tone arm is a sleeve I24 adapted to rotate around the sleeve 62 without possibility of axial displacement. A screw thread I25 is provided at the periphery of the sleeve I24 the bottom of which is formed to an abutment I26. At the bottom of the bore of the sleeve I 24 a pin I21 extends radially from the wall thereof. Said pin is guided in a slot I20 formed in the sleeve I08. Thus the sleeve I24 is forced to rotate with the sleeve I68 which is allowed to move axially at the same time. A helical spring I29 is mounted between the abutment I26 of the sleeve I24 and the flange II1 of the sleeve I I6; said spring must be of such a strength as toovercome the reaction pressure of the spring I01. At the top of the sleeve I24 a cylindric gear wheel I30 is mounted. Three cams of insulating material I32, I33, and I34 are mounted between annular nuts I3I on the sleeve I 24. Such a cam is formed as a projection extending from a circular disk on the level thereof and being limited by an arc concentric with the circular disk. At rotation of the sleeve I24 the cams are adapted to pass between a pair of springs I35 and I36, I31 and I38, and I39 and I40 respectively surrounding the sleeve I24, with a view to breaking the contact between the springs of the pair in question whereby the circuit of the coupling magnet I00, IOI is broken. Mounted below the spring I40 is a relatively rigid spring I4I which is intended to cooperate with the spring I40 in such a manner that the contact therebetween is established when the cam I34 passes between the springs I39 and I40. The springs I35, I36, I31, I38, I39,

. I40, and MI are separated from one another and The gear wheel I44 carries the pin 15 cooperatdriven by the 8 ing with the groove 14 in the projection 13 of the tone arm bracket. The top of the hub of the gear wheel I44 is formed with a flange I45 which is provided with a cam I46 extending on a level therewith.

An operating shaft I41 (Fig. 9) the lower portion of which is journalled by a pin I46 in a bore I49 formed in the base plate I and the top of which is journalled in a bore I50 in the stand plate II extends at some distance above the latter and supports, at the top thereof, a hand wheel I52 having an index I5I. Mounted on the plate II beyond the periphery of the wheel I52 is a scale comprising four positions in which the index I5I of the wheel may be set alternatively and which counted in a clockwise direction in Fig. 1 are denoted M, S, A, R respectively corresponding to the position of the operating shaft in playing manually, in stopping position, in playing automatically and in playing repeatedly (repeating). Close below the plate II a circular disk I53 having a hub is attached to the shaft I41. At the periphery said disk has a recess I54 and at the plane top portion it has a pin I55 in which one end of a cylindrical spring I56 is attached (Fig. 12). The other end of the spring I56 is attached to a pin I51 mounted in the plate I I. Said spring has a tendency of restoring the operating shaft to the stopposition. A screw thread is provided at some distance lower on the operating shaft I41. Between annular nuts I56 mounted on the latter there are three substantially circular disks I59, I60 and I6I of insulating material. Each of said disks is provided with a lap I62 extending on a level with the disk. These disks are placed so that the laps have been displaced relatively to one another the number of degrees which corresponds to the position of the operating wheel on the positions M, S, and R respectively. The laps I62 of the disks I59, I60, and I6! are adapted to cooperate with three pair of contact springs I63--I64, I65I66, and I61-I68 mounted in the path of motion of the laps. Said springs are V-shaped in section and have point contacts which are closed in their unactuated position but on setting the wheel I52 to an operating position become separated by the introduction of the lap in question between the springs thereof.

A circula disk I69 is mounted on the shaft I41 in spaced relation below the disk I6I. Said former disk is provided with four notches I10, I1I, I12, and I13 at the periphery thereof (of. Figs. 8, 9, and 14). Said notches are intended to cooperate with a wedge-shaped pawl I15 attached to a magnet armature I14 formed substantially as a square plate in close proximity of the disk I69. The notches I10I13 represent in their cooperation with the pawl I15 in the mentioned order a manual stopping position, an automatic position and a repeating position respectively. The armature I14 is carried by a flexible leaf spring I16 secured to the base plate I and is adapted to be attracted by one adjacent iron plate I11 of two such plates and an electro-magnet consisting of a bolt I19 connecting said plates I11 and carrying a coil I18. The electro-magnet has for its object to disengage the disk I69 from the pawl I15 on energizing so as to restore the disk to its stopping position by influence of the spring I56.

A short post I is mounted below the plate I I (Figs. 10 and 12) substantially at the middle of the distance between the operating shaft I41 and the shaft 45. Journalled on a horizontal shouldered bolt I8I secured to said post is a ass s double-armed lever having one arm I82 tapering towards the end and extending below the disk I53 on the operating shaft I41. The end of the arm I82 is formed as an upstanding projection I 83 which may be engaged with the recess I54 of the disk I53. The other arm I84 of the lever extends between the flange I45 andthe gear wheel I44. The arm I82 is exposed to the actuation of a spring I85 surrounding the shouldered bolt I8I and having a tendencyof pressing the arm I82 upward whereby when the cam I83 engages the plane surface of the disk I53, the shaft 45 is maintained in an elevated position, and when the cam I83 by rotating the operating shaft to the position in which the cam I83 by the influence of the spring I85 engages the recess I54 the shaft 45 is moved to its lower position. The vertical movement of the shaft 45 must not be so long as to disengage the gear wheels I39 and I44.

' A pin I88 (of. Figs. 10 and 13) is mounted at the edge of the plate II. A lever I88 of insulating material is rotatably mounted on a shouldered screw I81 inserted in the pin I86 so that a small plate II by two screws I89 consists of three point contact springs I99, I'9I, and I92 which are separated from one another and from the plate I I by washers of insulating material. The middle spring I9I extendsforward belowthe lever I88 and has its end bent at right angles to form an angular portion, the free leg of which engages the bottom of the lever I88. The point contacts of the springs I99 and I9I engage each other in the un-excited position. The point contacts of the springs I9I and'l92 are brought into contact with each otherwhen I90 and I9I are sepa rated, the spring I9I being actuated by the lever I88. A block I93 of insulatin material is mounted on the spring I9 I, and when said spring is unactuated said block engages the plateII by its upper end but when the lever I88 is actuated an aperture is created adjacent to the plate II for one arm,I94 of a double armedlever "I94, I91,

rounding. said bolt and having a tendency of rotating the lever man anti-clockwise direction in Fig. 10. Mounted in the end of the other arm I91 of the lever and extending downwardly therefrom is a pin I98 (Fig.'12) which has a recess through whichthe cam I48 isfree to pass when shaft 45 is in the upper position (the repeating position). On the contrary when the shaft 45 by operation by the lever I82-I84 is moved to the 'lower position (position for playing automatically) the-cam I48 is engaged with the pin I 98 on turning the tone arm 19 outwards so as to impart a pushing away motion to said pin, the arm I94 being moved from the position in which it is situated between the plate II and the block I93 to an ineffective position.

When the operating wheel is restored from a playing position to the stopping position, the arm I94 situated between the block I93 and-the plate I I must be restored to the ineffective position so thatat the next playingperiod-if the record isconstructed as follows (Figs. and 12).

' A'strip TZDI pivoted at one end "thereof to the arm "I96 by a pin 290 extendsbelow the plate II and'is" displaceablei in its longitudinal direction on a shoulderedheadedbolt 292 secured in the 10 plate II and'being guided-in a slot 203 formed in the strip 'ZBI. At the other end the strip is bent in such a way that'it reaches a plane situated'belowthe disk I53 onthe operating shaft I41. Spaced from-the recess-294 a pin 295 is attached to the strip 21H and extending towards the disk I53, said pin being adapted to cooperate with a cam 28-5 mountedon the disk I53. Ifj n playing automatically the last record should-be of large size, the arm I94 issituatedin the positionshown in dotted linesin Fig. '10 during playing. When the stylus reaches the'last turn of the sound groove the circuit of the coil 118 of the electrom'agnet I11, I11, I19is closed in a manner described more particularlyhereinbelow. Simultaneously the armature I14 releases the disk I69 an heop at s ha ,r r 't h p i g position through actuation by'the spring I56, the tamz e a in th 1 1 2. 0 that th st ip am is displaced towards the shaft I4 1 takin along the arm I94 to the position shown in full flinesin Fig. .10, the spring 'I9I returning to 'its initial position andthe spring I98 being strained. To obtain a short interruption (pause) between the various records in playing automatically there is adevice associated with the circuit between "the contacts 'I'4 9-.-'I 39 and the motor} (Fig. 14) This device consists of a bimetallic spring"2 01 arranged so asto deviate, at'heating from-a spring "contact '298, engaging 'it by means of'a point contact, so that the contact therebetween willgbe broken, and a heating element 299 mounted around the bimetallic spring 291 and being coup'led in series with a series resistance "ZIU with which aslide cpntact ZI I connected with the plus inj pole-terminalis intended to be engaged. The

duration of the pausemaythe controlled by the series resistance 12"] and the slide contact 2 which is controllable by'm'eans of a hand wheel "I43. The operation of the apparatus will be defit scribed more particularly hereinafter.

'The handling and operation of the describe phonographisas follows.

For the description of the operation of the phonograph reference "is-had, in additionto-the as abovgmentioned'figures, also 1J0Fig.14= which in a principally diagrammatic-view illustrates the electric course and the circuits whichare eif'ec- 'tive inthe various operations. Reference will be made at the same time to the designations'of the diagramcorresponding-tothose used in the above description.

The tone arm -10 is in its outermost position. The supportingQar-m -I-4, I5 is turned-up to the position indicated-by dotted lines in Fig.2 and in which -it-is mainta-ined bya device provided therefore but not -illustrated in the drawing. Initiallytherecords to be played are mounted on the stem -1 in--the des-ired succession whereupon --the arm-I4, I-5-is tur-ned-down and the top piece -I5-is displacedsom'ewhat towards the pivotpf -tion-above the stem 1 on-the pin 26 whereupon 11 the pile of record is imparted a push so that the tapering point 30 of the shaft 29 engages the recess 8, the pile then being deposited to rest on the plane surface 33 of the stem 1 to the right of the pin 26. As shown in Fig. 2 the temporarily lowermost record of the pile is of small size.

Assume that automatic playing has been chosen. The operating wheel I52 is turned so that its index I5I coincides with the position A. The pawl I15 of the armature I14 is now engaging the locking notch I12 of the disk I69 (Fig. 14) and the cam I83 of the lever I82, I84 (Figs. 9 and 10) engages the recess I54 of the disk I53, i. e. the shaft 45 is in its lower position whereby on rotation of the shaft 45 the cam I46 may be brought to cooperate with the pin I98 (Fig. 12) of the lever I94, I91. Since the lap I62 of the disk I59 is being disengaged from the springs I63 and I64 contact will further be obtained between the latter (Figs. 9 and 14) the motor being switched on through the following circuit: I63I64, I40-I39 and parallel with the latter 208201, the motor 2, the plus pole, and rotates the armature 94 and the turntable 4.

It is now assumed that the tone arm during playing a record of small size (10") is in a position with the stylus in the sound groove at its last turn on the central portion of the record. As the last turn is reached the cam I32 is disengaged from the springs I35 and I36 whereby contact is obtained therebetween. The coupling magnet I00, IOI is then energized and a circuit is established as follows: I63I64, I40-I39 and parallel with the latter 208-201, I66-I65 I9I-I90, I36--I35, the coil IOI, the plus pole so that the armature 94 is attracted. The roller 61 of the pin 64 mounted on the lifter 63 is in the bottom of the recess 8|. Thus the lifter is in its uppermost position and the turn coupling I08-I09, 99 is at its maximum height, so that the teeth 99, 99 are released from engagement with the armature 94. As a result the grooves 91 of the armature 94 are engaged with the teeth 98, 98 of the lift coupling. Said coupling I02, I03, 98 and the sleeve 19 with the flange 80 is now taken along at the rotation of the armature. The roller 61 on the pin 64 is forced out of the recess to engage the flange 80. The lifter is then moved downwardly the tone arm being elevated to its upper position. Substantially at the same time as the tone arm reaches its upper position and the lifter its lower position and thus the turn coupling its lower position the teeth 99, 99 of the former are engaged with the groove 91 of the excited armature and the turn coupling is rotated. As a result the sleeve I24 is taken along and the rotary motion thereof is transmitted by the rear wheel I30 to I44, the pin secured thereto imparting the rotary motion to the tone arm so that the latter is first turned to some extent towards the centre of the turntable before it returns to begin its outward rotation. Due to the fact that the cam I2I of the sleeve II6 engages the abutment I23 situated in the path of motion thereof, the sleeve H6 is elevated so that by influence of the spring I01 the lift coupling I02, I03, 98 is elevated from engagement with the excited armature 94 whereby the sleeve 19 with the flange 80 is stopped for the purpose stated above.

The record releasing mechanism is actuated in the manner described hereinbefore, when the tone arm is being turned outward.

Just before reaching the outer position the cam I2I of the sleeve II6 passes the abutment I23, whereby under influence of the spring I29 the sleeve I I6 is pressed downwards and the pins II9 engaging the flange I03 against the action of the spring I01 presses the lift coupling to engage the excited armature 94, whereby the sleeve 19 with a flange is rotated again. The tone arm continues its outward rotation until reaching the outer position whereupon the inward rotation is started. The rotary motion continues until the stylus is positioned above the initial turn of the sound groove of the record just deposited on the turntable said record being assumed to be of small size, when the cam I32 moves into the space betwen the springs I35 and I36, so that the circuit of the coil IOI is interrupted and the armature descends and is disengaged from the teeth 99, 99, so that the rotation of the turn coupling I08, I09, 99 and in consequence the inward rotation of the tone arm ceases while the sleeve II6 by influence of the spring I29 which is stronger than the spring I01 is pressed downwards, the teeth 98 maintaining their engagement with the grooves 91 of the armature 94. During the continued rotation of the flange 80 the curve 83 engages the abutment 65 of the pin 64 at the same time as the roller 61 slides into the recess BI whereby the tone arm is lowered so as to engage the stylus with the sound groove, and the playing begins. During the further movement of the lifter 63 upward as the roller 61 reaches the bottom of the recess 8| and the abutment 65 reaches the most projecting portion of the curve 83 the flange I09 engages the flange H8 and pushes the sleeve H6 in upward direction, compressing the spring I29. The lift coupling I02, I03, 98 engaging the pins H9 is elevated due to the action of the spring I01 to disengage the teeth 98, 98 from the grooves 91 of the armature 94, the displacement of the lifter in the upward direction being stopped. The lift coupling as well as the turn coupling is now released from engagement with the armature 94 which however is still rotating.

When the stylus is running in the sound groove of the record, the tone arm is imparted a successive rotary motion inward, the gear wheel I44 being imparted in a clockwise motion through the pin 15 running in the groove 14 of the pro- Jection I3 of the tone arm bracket and rotates the gear wheel I30 in a counter-clockwise direction in Fig. 11. This continues until the stylus runs into the final turn of the sound groove on the central portion of the record, when the cam I32 is disengaged from the springs I35 and I36, whereby contact is obtained therebetween, the circuit of the coupling magnet I00, IOI being then closed again, and the armature being attracted, the tone arm being elevated and starts its rotary motion. During the outward rotation of the tone arm the record releasing mechanism is actuated in the manner described above.

The now deposited record which is assumed to be of larger size (12) actuates the lever I88 in descending, the lever in turn actuating the spring I9! in such a manner that the latter from having been engaging the spring I90 is rapidly shifted to engage the spring I92 which is coupled to the contact I30I31. At the actuation of the lever I86 on the spring I9I a space arises between the block I93 attached to the latter and the plate II, the arm I94 being introduced into said space through the influence of the spring I96 to maintain the spring I9I temporarily in contact with the spring I92 (cf. Fig. 13). The coupling magnet I00, IOI is now energized through the follow- I3 I ing circuit: I63--I"64, I4 9- I39 and parallel-with the latter 293291, Hit-I95, I9I'I9'2, I38'-I31, coil I9I, plus pole. The tone arm is turned to the outer position whereupon the inward rotation begins.

When the stylus is situated opposite to and above the initial turn of the sound groove of the record, the cam I33 runs in between the springs I31 and I33, the circuit of the coil 19! being interrupted and the armature 94 descending to be disengaged from the teeth 99, 99 so that the inward turning of the tone arm stops. The ilange 89 continues its rotation until the abutment 65 of the pin 94 runs up to the curve 83, and at iinished playing of the record ru'ns'i'nto the final I turn of the sound groove on the centralportion'of the record, the cam I33 is disengaged from the springs I31 and I38 so that contact is obtained therebetween. The coupling magnet I99, [III is now energized through the following circuit:

I93I64, I49I39, and parallel with the latter 299-491, I99--I65, I9II92, I38I31,the coil ml, the plus pole so that the armature 94 isa't tracted and the elevation of the tone arm starts;

Theprocess of lifting the tone'arm and turning it out to the outer position is the same as that described above whereas it is to be noted that in the present case the pin I98 of the lever -I91'is positioned in the path of motion of the cam I49 (cf. Figs. 10 and 12), the latter actuate ing the pin I98 at the outward rotation of the tone arm, in such a manner that this arm'is pushed away, the lever I94, I91 being rotated in a clockwise direction in Fig. 10 so that the arm I94 is moved from the position between the plate II and the block I93 (Fig. 13) to an inoperative position.

The above described operations are repeated With all of the records in succession until the last but one record has'been played.

After the last record has been fed down, the contact 51-58 is closed to prepare the closure of the circuit of the magnet I18 said circuit, however, being still interrupted until the last record has been played, and at that time the'contact I4'9-I4I in the circuit of the magnet coil I18 is closed for a short while so that the magnet I11,

"I18, I19 is energized .and attracts its armature I14 which releases the disk I69 from engagement with the pawl I15. At that time the operating broken. Thetone arm'will now stop the stylus being in the final turn of the sound groove'on the central'portion of the record. If repeated playing (repeating) of a record on the turntable is desired, the operating wheel I52 is'turned so that its index coincides with thep'osition 'R, 'on. the scale, whereby the pawl I15 of the armature I14 is engaged with the locking notch I13 ofthe disk I69 and the lap I62 of the disk I6I with the springs I91I68 so that the contact therebetween ceases witha view to prevent the operating shaft I41 from'beingre'stored to'the stopping position in playing the last record, when the stylus runs intothe final turn'of the sound groove in the central portion of the record. In the position R the cam. I83 ofthe lever I82, I84 engages shaft 45 is maintained in an elevated position (of. Fig. 12) so that the cams 4'1 and I46 are not able to-cooperate with their respective members 43 and I98 intended for automatic playing so that a release of record does not occur and if the record in question is of the'larger size, interruption of the contact I9I--I92 is prevented.

If in playing apau'se is desired between the various records the series resistance 2I9 is cut iniby the slide contact 2II carried by the wheel I43 so that the heating element 299 is energized through the following circuit: I'83I94', I49- I39, the heating element 299, the series resistance 2I9, 2| I, plus pole. 'Being heated the heating sprin 291 is deflected in. such a manner, that the engagement with 298 will be interrupted. After the record has been played, the contact I49I39 is interrupted, the heating element 299, the motor 2 and the coil I9I of the coupling magnet'becoming currentless. Whenthe armature 94 of the coupling magnet descends the cam I34 driven by the turn coupling is immediately stopped so that the contact I49I3 9 will be still interrupted. When the bimetallic spring 291 cools, itreturns successively to engage 298. Current is'now admitted to the motor through the following circuit: I63- -I64,'2 98-291, the motor 2, the plus pole, and the coupling magnet through the circuit: I63-I64, 298-491, Hit-I65, I9I

I99, I36-I35, the coupling magnet I9-I, the plus pole, or the minus p'ole, I63I64, 298- 291, I66- I85, I9I-I92, I38I31, the coupling magnet I9I,

the plus pole, depending upon whether the'record last played was of small or large size. Simultaneously the heating element 299 is energized through the following circuit: I63I64, 298-?- 291, the heating 'elem'ent'299, the series resistance 2I9, the slide contact 2, the plus pole.

'Iheturn .c'ouplin'g is connected with the operating motor in the manner described above, when the -couplingtmagnet attracts its armature.

When the "cam I34 leaves the position in which it is situated between the springs I39 and I49, contact is established therebetween so rapidly that when due to the renewed heating of the heating element the contact between 291-298 ceases,the current to the motor and the cou- ,pling magnet has no time to be interrupted. The outward rotation of the tone arm, the depositof a new record and the restoration of the tone arm to a position for playing said record ocours in the way described above. The process is repeated with all the records in succession so longas2I9'is connected with 2I I.

It is clear that in addition to the embodiment described above by way of example hereinbefore a plurality of modifications having difierent constructions of the various details may be provided without departing ,fromthe principle of the invention.

Thus for example the tone arm may be constructed to directly actuate the spring groups I'35-I39,-I31--I38 a'ndI39-I49-I4I and to restore the contact I99I9I-I92 adapted to be actuated on depositing a record of larger size, 'from'the'locking position described above.

Likewisezth'e members described hereinbefore and cooperating with the rotary sleeve imparting the successive motions to the tone arm and adapted to actuate the eccentric are only intended to relate to an example, and the details may be Varied-in many respects in an industrial ture, as Well as also the unit assembled by said cuit therefor, said electromagnet being effective id details may have a different position relatively to the plane of the turntable. Furthermore said unit and thetone arm may be placed at difierent points on the base plate with a connection member imparting the movements'to the tone arm being arranged therebetween.

The operating member in the present case consisting of a shaft and details cooperating therewith may of course be arranged as a set of keys with the corresponding functions, should particular reasons hereto occur.

As shown in Fig. 14 this first embodiment is constructed for direct current but it may also be arranged for alternating current operation, for example by associating a current changer with the coupling magnet.

What I claim is: r

1. In an automatic phonograph, a turntable for receiving a record, a tone arm cooperative with said turntable for playing the record, means for actuating said tone arm including a turn coupling for effecting a swinging motion of said tone arm and a lift coupling for raising and lowering said tone arm, a clutch controlled drive mechanism, an electromagnet and energizing circuit therefor, said electromagnet being eifective when energized to clutch in said lift coupling to said drive mechanism, means actuated by and upon motion of said lift coupling for clutching in said turn coupling to said drive mechanism, and switch means in said circuit actuated by said turn coupling for controlling energization of said electromagnet. i

2. An automatic phonograph as defined in clairn l and which further includes an electrical timedelay mechanism interposed in the energizing circuit of said electromagnet, and second switch means controlled by said turn coupling for rendering said time delay mechanism effective.

3. An automatic phonograph as defined in claim 2 wherein said time delay mechanism is comprised of a bimetallic switch member connected in the energizing circuit of said electromagnet, and a heater circuit for said switch member controlled by said second switch means.

4. An automatic phonograph as defined in claim 1 and which further includes a time delay mechanism for effecting a pause between the playing of successive records, said delay mechanism including switch means interposed in the circuit of said electromagnet and actuated by said turn coupling, a bimetallic switch member and a contact cooperative therewith connected in parallel with said switch means, a heating element for said bimetallic member and an energizing circuit for said heating element controlled by said switch means and including means for varying the current applied thereto.

5. In an automatic phonograph for playing a plurality of records in sequence, a turntable, means for supporting the records above said turntable, a record release device operable to release the records in sequence from said supporting means onto said turntable, a tone arm cooperative with said turntable for playing the records, means for actuating said tone arm including a turn coupling for effecting a swinging motion of said tone arm and a lift coupling for raising and lowering said tone arm, means actuated by said turn coupling for operating said record release device, a clutch controlled drive mechanism, an electromagnet and energizing cirwhen energized to clutch in said lift coupling t6 said drive mechanism, means actuated by and upon motion of said lift coupling to clutch in said turn coupling tosaid drive mechanism, and switch means controlled by said turn coupling for controlling the energizing circuit of said electromagnet, said switch means including two sets of switch contacts operable to deenergize said electromagnet at difierent positions of said tone arm corresponding to different sized records, and circuit selecting means controlled by and in accordance with the size of the record next to be played for placing one or the other of said sets of switch contacts in the energizing circuit of said electromagnet.

6. In an automatic phonograph for playing a plurality of records in sequence, a turntable and electric driving motor therefor, means for supporting the records above said turntable, a record release device operable to release the records in sequence from said supporting means onto said turntable, a tone arm cooperative with said turntable for playing the records, means for actuating said tone arm including a turn coupling for effecting a swinging motion of said tone arm and a lift coupling for raising and lowering said tone means actuated by said turn coupling for operating said record release device, a clutch controlled drive mechanism powered from said driving motor, an electromagnet and energizing circuit therefor, said electromagnet being effective when energized to clutch in said lift coupling to said drive mechanism, means actuated by and upon motion of said lift coupling to clutch in said turn coupling to said drive mechanism, and switch means in said circuit and actuated by said turn coupling for controlling energization of said electromagnet.

'7. An automatic phonograph as defined in claim 6 and which further includes a manually operated master control switch having contact means in the energizing circuit of said electromagnet, and second contact means in the energizing circuit of said motor.

8. An automatic phonograph as defined in claim 7 and which further includes electro-responsive means for resetting said master control switch to a position wherein said second contact means is open to thereby stop said motor, and an energizing circuit for said resetting means including a set of contacts actuated by said turn coupling and another set of contacts actuated upon release of the last record held by said record supporting means.

9. An automatic phonograph as defined in claim 6 and which further includes a manually operated master control switch having contact means in the energizing circuit of said electromagnet, and second contact means in the energization circuit of said motor, means biasing said master switch to a position wherein said second contact means is open to thereby stop said motor, means for holding said master switch in any selected position against the action of said biasing means, electro-responsive means for releasing said holding means, and an energizing circuit for said releasing means including a set of contacts actuated by said turn coupling and another set of contacts actuated upon release of the last record held by said record supporting means.

GUNNAR DANIEL OLSSON.

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